Sage 100cloud vs Zoho Books

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Score 6.2 out of 10

Based on 80 reviews and ratings

Score 8.7 out of 10

Based on 83 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Sage 100cloud

Zoho Books

Pay calculation

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

Sage 100cloud

Zoho Books

API for custom integration

Plug-ins

Sage 100cloud

Zoho Books

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Sage 100cloud

Zoho Books

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Sage 100cloud

Zoho Books

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Global Financial Support

Primary and Secondary Ledgers

Intercompany Accounting

Localizations

Journals and Reconciliations

Enterprise Accounting

Configurable Accounting

Centralized Rules Framework

Standardized Processes

Cash management

Bank reconciliation

Expense management

Time tracking

Multi-currency support

Regulations compliance

Self-service portal

Sage 100cloud

Zoho Books

Inventory tracking

Automatic reordering

Location management

Manufacturing module

Sage 100cloud

Zoho Books

Pricing

Order entry

Credit card processing

Cost of goods sold

Order Orchestration

End-to-end order visibility

Order exception Resolution

Sage 100cloud

Zoho Books

Automated Invoice Processing

Shared Services Payments

Billings Management

Customer Receipt Applications

Customer Collections

Revenue Recognition

Cash Management

Asset Management

Travel & Expense Management

Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting

Period Close

Transactions Tax

Subledger Reconciliations

3rd Party Accounting Systems

Sage 100cloud

Zoho Books

Budgeting and Forecasting

Project Costing

Cost Capture

Capital Project Management

Customer Invoicing

Customer Contract Compliance

Project Revenue Recognition

Project Financial Performance Analysis

Project Financials Dashboard

Real-time Financial Reporting

Embedded Business Intelligence

Project Planning Collaboration

Sage 100cloud

Zoho Books

Project Planning and Scheduling

Project Manager Dashboard

Resource Manager Dashboard

Task Insight for Project Managers

Project Manager Mobile Functionality

Team Member Task Collaboration

Team Member Mobile Functionality

Project Candidate Search

Project Candidate Comparison and Analysis

Defineable Resource Pools

Talent Profiles

Real-Time Project Reporting

Absence Management

Product Lifecycle Management

Sage 100cloud

Zoho Books

Award Lifecycle Management

Spending Control

Indirect Cost Management

Billing

Sage 100cloud

Zoho Books

Sourcing Team Collaboration

Sourcing Analysis

Bids Analyzed and Compared

Catalog Shopping E-Commerce for Employees

Contract Authoring

Contract Compliance Management

Contract History

Contract Renewal Automation

Contract Repository

Contract Standardization and Enforcement

Electronic Signatures

Invoice Automated Matching

Purchasing Risk and Compliance Management

Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated

Spend Compliance Management

Supplier Assessment

Supplier Communication and Collaboration

Supplier Management

Supplier Portal

Sage 100cloud

Zoho Books

Risk Repository

Control Management

Control Mapping

Control Efficiency Assessments

Automated Control Assessments

Assessment Capture

Issue Detection

Automatic Notification

Remediation and Certification

Sage 100cloud

Zoho Books

Transportation Planning and Optimization

Transportation Sourcing Management

Transportation Process Integration

Transportation Execution Management

Freight Payment Automation

Trade Management

Trade Regulatory Compliance Management

Customs Entry Management

Customs Document Management

Customs Document Collaboration

Fulfillment Management

Inventory Visibility

Warehouse Workforce Management

Sage 100cloud

Zoho Books

Production Process Design

Supply Chain Business Flows

Production Management

Contracted Manufacturing Management

Configuration Management

Work Definition

Work Execution

Advanced Fulfillment

Manufacturing Costs

Sage 100cloud

Zoho Books

Forecasting

Inventory Planning

Multi-tier Supply Chain Planning

Performance Monitoring

Sage 100cloud

Zoho Books

Ideation Management

Requirements Management

Proposal Management

Innovation Portfolio Management

Product Master Data Management

Vendor Portal

Project Portfolio Management

Pros

Simple to implement and use. Operation very intuitive so new employees are quickly trained.
It is very flexible with many modules and many features allows for easy customization to suit particular needs of any department or company.
Context sensitive help, training and support make it easy for a company to operate with out a lot of additional outside tech support.
Scalable plenty of room to grow as the business grows without being bloated.
Pricing is very reasonable.

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Therese Anthony

Controller

Braeside DisplaysPlastics, 11-50 employees

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Zoho Books invoicing and receipting features are second to none. We find it easy to quickly invoice clients and add items to their bills and also for our own receipting internally.
The accounting features are great for our accounting team to be able to see where we are financially and how the business is doing.
The ability to add contacts and run a mini CRM channel with clients within Zoho is invaluable. Since we use this in conjunction with our other CRM channels, it helps to have a centralized place to follow up and see through a sales funnel.
Zoho Books allows us to take payments from clients around the globe a feature we didn't have when we used another accounting system.
The pricing for Zoho Books is fairly reasonable for an SME organization which is a great for us as it pays itself back many times over every month.

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Nathan Sichilongo

Digital Marketing Manager

Dotcom ZambiaConsumer Services, 11-50 employees

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Cons

It's painfully slow even for mid-sized businesses like ours without millions of transactions.
It crashes very, very often and has numerous critical failures.
Unfortunately, it's a local program so that excludes it from being used remotely. You have to be on site for it to work.

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Verified User

General Manager in Sales

Mining & Metals Company, 11-50 employees

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When converting to Zoho Books from another accounting software, this seemed a bit difficult but this process is never easy.
There are certain restrictions within modules (estimates/sales orders/invoices/payments) that make it difficult to edit transactions. In many ways this is good, but different from what we have experienced with other accounting software solutions.

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Verified User

Administrator in Customer Service

Renewables & Environment Company, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Sage 100cloud 7.6

Based on 5 answers

I would put this out to bid, if I were at the same organization. There have been a lot of improvements and changes in enterprise software and my preference would be to find a good web-based or cloud-based tool. Lower overall cost of ownership and improved efficiency would be my target criteria for a rebid of this.

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Verified User

Manager in Corporate

Computer Hardware Company, 11-50 employees

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Usability

Sage 100cloud 8.2

Based on 4 answers

It is easy, flexible, user friendly and feature laden. Out of the box or easily customized to meet our "wish" list . Sage offers a variety of modules and bolt-ons, user defined fields etc., allowing us to conduct business "our way" without forcing us into a one-size- fits- none mold or having to purchase expensive and cumbersome programming modifications

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Therese Anthony

Controller

Braeside DisplaysPlastics, 11-50 employees

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Zoho Books 7.2

Based on 4 answers

Some features lack of depth in its functionalities as they give the impression that they are incomplete or half-way developed, so it is necessary to optimize some features already present in the software so that it can provide maximum performance and provide a real value to the software. It should be noted that there is a steep in the learning curve when using Zoho Books especially if you are a user who comes from using another accounting software, so you will have to get used to its workflow and operation.

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Markus Melton

Project Manager

PRECISION ELECTRIC CONTRACTORS, LLCConstruction, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

Sage 100cloud 7.7

Based on 2 answers

Sage Support is very good. I usually get a person on the phone in a short time frame and usually get my issues fixed in one called.

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Joseph Mancuso

Sage 100 ERP Consultant

CPA Technology, LLCComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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Zoho Books 5.6

Based on 4 answers

The people are great. They follow the party line when working with us. There is clearly no intent to provide integration to the employee expenseThere is no intent to make the bank reconciliations system work in a manner consistent with US Accounting principles. There is no intent make the payroll system one that can easily cut a paycheck. Which brings up the fact that adjusting the printing on a check is very laborious and you only get close. You cannot get perfect

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Mike James

CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

James Environmental MgmtManagement Consulting, 11-50 employees

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Implementation Rating

Sage 100cloud 6.0

Based on 1 answer

We had an advantage in implementing the tool in that our director of Ops had been part of the team implementing the ERP for other users so we knew what to expect and were able to avoid a lot of the challenges people sometimes face with implementations. However, the process still took far longer than desired.

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Verified User

Manager in Corporate

Computer Hardware Company, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I've reviewed Accpac, Syspro, SAP Business 1 and Platinum. Sage is far easier to use and setup than Syspro and SAP Business 1. Generally speaking, most accounting software does the same thing, at the end of the day, how easy is it to modify data inside the system and review to make sure that your system integrity is intact. I find that Sage 100 is excellent at these things.

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Brett Witzel

IT Manager

SternoCandleLampFood & Beverages, 201-500 employees

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We had a lot of problems with Exact Online, support-wise and price-wise. So Zoho Books wins on every point there. While Exact offers way more options, it tends to be really slow... and complex. Again Zoho Books wins. If you want an easy-to-use tool and not pay a lot of money, or if you are a small administration office with a few clients, this tool will be perfect for you.

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Mike Koolwijk

SEO Specialist | MA consultant

Klantenfabriek.nlMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

We have seen increased efficiencies for our team members processing orders and fulfillment as they are now integrated.
We have cut paper/printing/mail expenses by 500% of what we previously spent.
Our overall cash management has improved with the visibility from Bank Reconciliation and Financial Reporting.

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Joshua Curlett

Chief Operating Officer

Sound ProductionsRetail, 11-50 employees

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Integration: Zoho Books offers out of the box integrations to extend the functionality and connect with the applications you love like MailChimp, Microsoft Outlook, PandaDoc, and Quickbooks, etc.
Flexibility makes Zoho Books great!
Since I can use forecast reports, I can create customizable sales forecast data from the dashboard to accurately measure revenue forecasts and establish sales quotas.

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Cedric Haynes

Owner

Lonell Multimedia/Strong Beach MediaOnline Media, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

—

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

Sage 100cloud Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

Sage 100 ERP Standard	¹
Sage 100 ERP Advanced	¹
Sage 100 ERP Premium	¹

Per Seat per Month

SaaS Edition

Sage 100 ERP Online	¹

Per User per Month

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

$15

Zoho Books Editions & Modules

Edition

Standard	$15¹
Professional	$40¹
Premium	$60¹
Free	$0²

Per Organization/Month, Billed Annually
For businesses with turnover <50K USD per annum

Additional Pricing Details

Zoho Books is available for both monthly and yearly plans. Users who sign up for the annual plan get a discount.

Rating Summary

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Zoho Books

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Likelihood to Recommend

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Feature Rating Comparison

Pay calculation

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

API for custom integration

Plug-ins

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Global Financial Support

Primary and Secondary Ledgers

Intercompany Accounting

Localizations

Journals and Reconciliations

Enterprise Accounting

Configurable Accounting

Centralized Rules Framework

Standardized Processes

Cash management

Bank reconciliation

Expense management

Time tracking

Multi-currency support

Regulations compliance

Self-service portal

Inventory tracking

Automatic reordering

Location management

Manufacturing module

Pricing

Order entry

Credit card processing

Cost of goods sold

Order Orchestration

End-to-end order visibility

Order exception Resolution

Automated Invoice Processing

Shared Services Payments

Billings Management

Customer Receipt Applications

Customer Collections

Revenue Recognition

Cash Management

Asset Management

Travel & Expense Management

Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting

Period Close

Transactions Tax

Subledger Reconciliations

3rd Party Accounting Systems

Budgeting and Forecasting

Project Costing

Cost Capture

Capital Project Management

Customer Invoicing

Customer Contract Compliance

Project Revenue Recognition

Project Financial Performance Analysis

Project Financials Dashboard

Real-time Financial Reporting

Embedded Business Intelligence

Project Planning Collaboration

Project Planning and Scheduling

Project Manager Dashboard

Resource Manager Dashboard

Task Insight for Project Managers

Project Manager Mobile Functionality

Team Member Task Collaboration

Team Member Mobile Functionality

Project Candidate Search

Project Candidate Comparison and Analysis